Moderna vaccination

Vanuatu launches Covid-19 vaccines for 12 to 17 year old age group

The Acting Director of Public Health, Dr. Jenny Stephen said, “While vaccination of adults has been ongoing for a year now, it is important that we now move to vaccinate the children and adolescent group”.

Vaccination rollout set to begin for Fijian children

The Moderna vaccine will be used in the rollout that begins on Monday.

Health Secretary James Fong said the Moderna vaccine would be rolled out by school clusters across the country.

Dr Fong said unlike the workforce, vaccination for children would only be conducted with the consent of parents or guardians.

Parents and guardians will need to sign a consent form for their children to receive the vaccine, he said.

He said parents could register their child online through the Vaccine Registry Portal which is available from this weekend.